Cigar-box-lid and label holder.



J. DINEEN.

CIGAR BOX LID AND LABEL HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED Nv0V.17, 1913.

Patented May 12, 191% 1072/2 Z07-6G7L) @5 M VMW;

UNITED STATS ATE f CIGAR-BOX-LID AND LABEL HOLDER.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN DINEEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the count 1 of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar Box Lid and Label Holders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a combined lid and label holder for cigar boxes and consists of the matters hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

The object of the invention is to produce a simple, etficient and economical device of the kind described which may be made in one piece and which will allow adjustment of the inclination of the lid with reference to the box.

In general, the device comprises a piece of metal formed to provide a lid holding member and a box gripping member, the box gripping member being so formed as to permit of angular adjustment of the lid with respect to the box, and the lid holding member being adapted to support the lid and to hold a tag or label upon which is usually printed or written the price of the cigars in the box.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating my lid and label holder when attached to the ordinary cigar box. Fig. 2 is a view partly in end elevation and partly in section, illustrating the position of parts of a box with my device in posltion for holding the lid in an inclined position. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 with my device in position for holding the lid in another inclined position. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of my lid and label holder for cigar boxes. Figs. 5 and 6 are detail sectional views thereof, said sections being taken in planes indicated by lines 55 and 66 respectively of Fig. 1.

Referring now to that embodiment of my invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings, 8 indicates a bar, one end of which is formed to provide lid holding means and the other end of which is formed to provide an adjustable box gripping means. At the upper end of the bar 8, and formed Specification of Letters Patent.

Application fi1ed November 17, 1913.

Patented May 12, 1914:. Serial No. 801,384.

from the same piece of metal, are laterally extending parallel spaced plates 9 and 10 between which is received the box lid. The plate 9, which engages the inner side of the lid, has its lateral edges bent back upon itself toward the other plate 10 to form grooves 11, 11 which are adapted to receive and'holda price tag or label 12. The said plate 9 is also cut away to form an opening 13, through which the label or tag 12 is displayed. The plate lOengages the outside of the lid and, as shown, is shorter than the plate 9 which is made longer in order to accommodate a tag of suitable length. The

plates 9 and 10, in addition to the function described, also serve as a convenient part of the device to be grasped by the thumb and fingers whenapplying it to or removing the same from a cigar box. The lower end of the bar 8 is provided with divergent front and rear arms 15 and 16, which, when the device is in operative position on a box, straddle the upper edge of the back wall of the box in a plane next adjacent to the inner face of the end wall of the box and grip said back wall in such manner as to support the lid, embraced between the plates 9 and 10, in an inclined position. The rear arm 15 is pointed at its end for engagement with the outer surface of .the back wall of the box.

The front arm 16 is provided on its rear edge with a plurality of teeth 17, any one of which may be brought to engage with the inner margin of the upper edge of the rear wall. To add strength and rigidity to the bar 8 and to the arms 15 and 16, which are made of comparatively thin metal, a rib 18 is formed therein.

To apply my device to a cigar box, the box lid is opened and the plates 9 and 10 are caused to engage said lid between them'and the bar 8 is brought against the end edge of said lid. The device as a whole, is then moved downwardly along the edge of the lid until the arms 15 and 16 are brought to a position straddling the upper edge of the box rear wall. The proper tooth 17 allowing the desired inclination to the lid is engaged with the upper inner edge of the said box wall and the lid is then swung downwardly upon its hinge until the pointed end of the arm 15 enters a short distance into the outer surface of said wall. This movement of the lid will cause that tooth 17 engaging the upper edge of the box rear wall to bite into said wall so that the lid is rigidly held in the desired position. Should a greater or less inclination of the box lid be desired, the device is loosened from its engagement with the box wall and moved upwardly or downwardly on the box lid until that tooth 17 giving the proper inclination to the lid engages the upper edge of the box rear wall when the point of the arm 15 and the tooth 17 are caused to bite into rear wall as before.

The device is made of a single piece of metal, may be produced in one operation, is cheap, strong and durable and will permit of adjustment of the inclination of the box lid between sufficiently wide limits. Generally, these devices are oflered free to retail dealers as inducements for the purchase of cigars by the box, hence cheapness of manufacture is an important item.

I am aware that lid and label holders for cigar boxes allowing angular adjustment of the box lid are not new, but such devices as heretofore made have consisted of two or more relatively movable parts so that they are comparatively expensive to manufacture.

I claim as my invention 2- A cigar box lid and label holder consisting of a bar adapted to engage the end of the box lid, of parallel spaced plates extending laterally from said bar and being adapted to embrace the cigar box lid between them, one of said plates being cut away to provide an opening and having two of its opposite edges bent upon itself to provide flanges, and of divergent arms in the plane of said bar projecting from the lower end thereof adapted to straddle the upper edge of the rear box-wall, one of said arms being pointed for engagement with the outer surface of the said rear wall of the box and the other arm being provided on its rear edge with a plurality of teeth for engagement with the upper edge of said rear wall.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I ailix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses, this 12th day of November A. D. 1913.

JOHN DINEEN.

Witnesses:

G. R. WILKINS, T. H. ALFnens.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

